Power-transmitter



(No Model.)

H R KNOX POWER TRANSMITTER.

' Patented Maly Z0, 1890.

Mitmese; 5g/WM# UivTTnn STATES FaTnNT Orificee HOIVARD R. KNOX, OF RICHMOND, MICHIGAN.

POWER-TRANSIV ITTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 428,497, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed March 10, 1890. Serial No. 343,531. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it. known that I, HowARD R. KNOX, a citizen of the United States7 residing at Richmond, in thc county of Macomb and State of Michigan, have in vented cei'tain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Transmittingl lower, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for transmitting motion; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts, whereby the power from a driven shaft is conveyed to the driving-shaft by lcoinpactly-arranged gearing, and whereby the angle between the two shafts may be adjusted to any desired extent by the adjustment of either the driven or driving pulley, all as more fully hereinafter described.

My machine is designed to be used in connection with tlnashing-machin es, whereby the engine may be placed in such relation to the th rash er that the wind will not convey sparks or einders to the stock or barn.

In the present state of the art such inaehines have been built, which, however, are so arranged that the master-wheel has the driving and driven pinions meshing therewith upon the top, In such construction the weight and power applied to the inaster-wheel tend to tip it and cause unnecessary friction and wear. The driving and driven shaft have also been supported at one end only in rigid bearings, thereby allowing further opportunity for lost motion and wear of the parts. It is to overcome these defects and present-a more compact and rigid device, which will have a long life with the least possible wear, that my invention is designed.

In thedrawin gs which accompany this speci-` Imation, Figure l is a plan view of my machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof online fc A is a frame, upon which the circular platform B is bolted, preferably through the [langes O, cast upon the under. side thereof.v This platform is centrally apertured to receive the stub-shaft D, upon which is journaled the master gearwheel E. This wheel may be loose or tight upon this shaft D. The platform has a circulardovetail groove formed between the inclined flanges F F. The flange F is cut away at G to allow the engagement into the groove of the sliding segmental block H. Upon this block is formed bearings for the shaft J, which is the driven shaft, and carries the drive-pulley J Between the bearings in the brackets I I upon the shaft J is secured the bevel gear-pinion K, which meshes with the bevelgear upon the upper face of the gear-piiiion K, which has a circumferential gear engaging with the master-wheel E. The pinion K is journaled upon the vertical shaft K2, one end of which is secured in the block H and the other end in. the under side of the bracket I. This block I-I may be moved in its sliding bearings to any desired point, and is secured by the bolts Ii, which engage in suitable apertures L', which are radially arranged in the platform between the flanges, the block II being correspondingly apertured to receive the bolts. It will be seen by lthis construction that the shaft J, carryingthe pinion K, is supported in stationary bearings at both ends, which vbearings are supported upon a movable base or block.

The pinions K and K are always in fixed relation to each other, andv both being of small diameter there is lno danger of tipping, while the motion to and from the master-wheel E is obtained by meshing with circumferential gearing, thereby insuring rotation of this wheel constantly in the saine plane.

M is a block similar to the block II and carrying corresponding parts, which I refer t0 by like letters of reference to those used in describing the parts upon the block H. This block I preferably secure opposite the cutaway portion Gf in the flange, and do not ad' just it, using the pulley upon its shaft for the driving-pulley. It frequently happens, however, that after the driven pulley is adjusted and its belt in position the driving pulley is found to be a little out of line, and it beconnes necessary to adjust it, which I am enabled to do with my construction without the necessity of changing the parts already adjusted.

Vhile I show the flanges F F forming between them a dovetail groove in which the blocks II are adjustable, it is evident that these flanges may be omitted and the adjustment of the blocks be accomplished without IOO the flanges by a suitable location of the apertures L, in which the bolts L engage.

Vhat I claim as my invention isl. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform and a master-wheel journaled thereon, of two blocks adjustably secured concentrically with said wheel and carrying the driving and driven gears, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform, a masterwheel journaled thereon and having` circumferential gearing, of two blocks adjustably secured concentrically with said wheel and 'carrying driving and driven gear, meshing with the circumferential gear upon the master-wheel, substantially as described.

8. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform and a inaster-wheel journaled thereon, of the blocks H M, adjustable in circular bearings concentric With said Wheel and carrying the driving and driven gear, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform having apertures L', and a' master-Wheel journaled thereon, of the blocks H, slidingly secured in circular bearings concentric with said wheel, and the bolts L, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform and a master-wheel journaled thereon, of a block adj nstably secured in circular bearings concentric with said Wheel and carrying gearing meshing with a circumferential gear upon the master-Wheel, and with gearing for driving the shaft J, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for transmitting motion, the combination, with the platform and master-wheel, of the blocks H, slidingly secured in bearings concentric with the master-wheel, the shafts J and K2, secured in stationary bearings vthereon and carrying` the pinlons K K, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for transmitting motion, comprising a platform, a master-wheel, and driven and driving shafts, the block H, slidingly secured concentrically to said masterwheel and having the brackets I I', the shaft J, journaled in said brackets, the pinion K upon said shaft between the bearings, the Shaft K2, carrying the pinion K', driven by the pinion K and meshing with circumferential gear upon the master-wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of February, 1890.

v HOWARD R. KNOX. Witnesses:

W. B. ODoG-HERTY, S. M. I-IULBERT. 

